Typecast

Overview

Typecast is an AI voice platform that converts text into speech with adjustable emotion, speed and dynamics, offered as a web and mobile app and as a developer API. It provides more than 700 AI voices across 35+ languages, lets users clone their own voice, and uses a context-aware emotion model (SSFM) that shifts delivery, for example from angry to whispered, based on the surrounding script. Creators reach it through the app for audiobooks, short-form video, podcasts and training content, while developers call the streaming API through SDKs for more than a dozen languages, and can request word- or character-level timestamps for subtitles and lip-sync.

Best for creators who want expressive, emotion-controlled voiceover for video, audiobooks and podcasts.

Pick Typecast when the reading matters more than the illusion. It is built for narration that has to land a specific emotion on a specific line, which suits audiobooks, e-learning and character work better than a neutral corporate voiceover. The entry tier is cheap enough that a solo creator can license commercial work without much of a commitment, and the cloning slots scale far enough that a team can standardise on one voice, so the same product carries both without a change of tooling. Anyone who needs to convert an existing recording or dub finished footage should look elsewhere, because the pipeline starts at text.

Key Facts

Features

Voice cloning

Yes, instant and professional cloning; slots scale from one to ten by plan

Real-time use

Yes, real-time generation via the API

Languages

35+ languages

Speech-to-speech and dubbing

Not documented: the API covers text-to-speech, streaming playback, word- and character-level timestamps and voice cloning from a sample, with no voice-conversion or dubbing endpoint

Editing and controls

Emotion, pitch, intensity, speed and dynamics

Consent and trust

Every voice actor on the platform has agreed to the use cases for their voice and keeps ownership of the model. Uploading a sample requires confirming permission for any third-party voice in it, and cloned voices stay private

API

Yes

Integrations

Integrations coming soon.

Deployment and Support

Deployment

• Cloud (SaaS)
• Browser-based

Support

• Email helpdesk

Onboarding

• Documentation and knowledge base

Company size

• Freelancers
• Small and mid-sized
• Enterprise

Suitability

The table combines the industries the vendor addresses with the company sizes the tool is aimed at. An empty cell means the combination is not stated, not that it is ruled out.

Pros and Cons

Pricing

• Free

  $0

  3,000 lifetime credits (around 5 minutes), trial voices only, attribution required.

• Basic

  $5 / month

  $54 / year. 30,000 credits per month (around 35 minutes), all AI voices, commercial license, 1 instant cloning slot.

• Plus

  $19 / month

  $204 / year. 40,000 credits per month, speed control, 1 professional cloning slot.

• Pro

  $29 / month

  $312 / year. 75,000 credits per month, emotion and intonation controls, 2 cloning slots.

• Business

  $69 / month

  $744 / year. 200,000 credits per month, 10 cloning slots, additional credit purchases.

• Enterprise

  Not stated

  Custom pricing.

Best For

• Media & Creative
• Technology

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